Professor publishes about cross-cultural communication

June 6, 2012

Dr. Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui, professor in Emporia State’s Department of English, Modern Languages and Journalism, published “Developing ESL/EFL Teachers’ Cross-cultural Communicative Competence: A Research-based Critical Pedagogical Model” through Lambert Academic Publishing in New York in 2011. The work focuses on the universal lack of preparation for effective critical cross-cultural communicative competence in TESOL professionals. It offers a unique inclusion of Computer-Assisted Language Learning as well as classroom-tested activities and instructional resources and strategies for TESOL professionals use.

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